costumeologie

3.31.2012

Here are my designs for a 1950s meets 1780s version of Figaro. The story is quite absurd and I became inspired by surrealist art and of course my favorite designer Schiaparelli. Note the lobster, eyeballs, bugs and tear drops hidden throughout.

3.10.2012

Check out this incredible taffeta '50s dress. It's from the Esty store Adore Vintage and I stumbled upon it during a power-hour google image search. It's perfect for my show as it blends the 1950s and the 18th century perfectly.

A few other research images that I'm drawing a lot of inspiration from at the moment:

3.09.2012

This has been an extremely productive school year and I'm just catching up with my posts. Here are my designs for an episode of Rome where Caesar goes to Egypt and meets Cleopatra.

This project is all about establishing two different ancient worlds. The Romans are in reds, browns and golds with large draped garments. Egypt during this time period is predominantly in white draped tunics, however I wanted to emphasize their extreme wealth by adding a lot of gold tones and jewelery. And of course it's all about Cleopatra. Even when she's naked she needs to exude strength.